Improvement in tobacco-pouches



ATENT marca Laurus n. DrxON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN TOBACCO-POUCHES.

4 ,To @ZZ whom `it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, BUFUs E. DIXON, of theicity and State of New York, have invented a new and useful vPipe and Tobacco Pouch;

' and l do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, and of its construction and mode or manner of operation, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon; making a part of this specication. Y p The general nature or character of my invention consists in fitting and arranginga small compact box or case for holding and protecting the pipewhen not being smoked or'used, and for carrying matches and other articles and conveniences used by smokers, and in combining therewitha bag or pouch for holding the tobacco intended for smoking, which bag or pouch is kept entirely distinct and separated from the pipe-case; but the two are so constructed and arranged that they can be made to `communicate at pleasure, and

` thereby the pipe becharged with tobacco,

ready for smoking, iwithout lopening the case or pouch, and without thetrouble of filling the pipe inany of the usual ways.

Figure 1 is a view of thepipe and tobaccopouch when closed and as carried in the pocket. Fig. 2 is a view of the same when openedyshowing the pipe, 85e., in position,4

and the communicating opening between the The boxv or caseA to hold the pipe is made x just about broad enough to take in the bowl a,

and also Wide or long enough to receive such bowl with the short stem Inf-such as meer# Schaum andbrier-wood and other pipes usually have-and also permit the extension-stem c to be placed under the fixed stem b. On each side that when opened" the pipe-bowl will stand up above the lower part of the box, as is shown in Fig. 2', so as to be convenient to be l taken out. In the upper part of the box there may be aroughened surface, e, for convenience to ignite the match. i

The box or case A may be made of any thin metal desired, embossed or plain, and plated or otherwise, or of hard rubber or leather, or of any other' substance or material found desirable and appropriate.

To the top of the pipe case or box A is at! tached or connected a bag `or pouch, B, of bladder, oiled silk, rubber, leather, or other material suitable for keeping tobacco for smoking purposes. or less firmly, as desired, to the case A, the top of the case A being the bottom of the pouch B.

The position of the pipe-bowl a in the case A is, as shown in Fig. 2, with the topof the bowl upward. Directly over the bowl of the pipe and through the upper plate, f, of the case A, and which platefforms the bottom of the pouch B, is a hole or opening of about the same size with the pipe-bowl, and which is opened or closed by a slide or valve, g, moved by a wire, h, projecting from one side of the case. The slide g may also be operated by a spring or in any other convenient manner.

When the pouch B` is filled with tobacco and the whole is shut together, as shown in Fig.` 1, so long as the hole or opening in the bottom of the pouch is closed by the slide or valve g, the tobacco in the pouch will be kept entirely separate from and out of the case A; but whenever and as soon as the wire h is pulled out and the hole opened, communication will be made between the two, and the tobacco will drop down into the pipe and load it, and when the wire and its valve are again pushed back the hole will be closed and no more tobacco can pass. If it is desired to have the tobacco loaded tightly in the pipe, the tobacco may be pressed down in the pipe as it rests in the case, and the box again closed, and the valve again drawn out and returned. When a person, therefore, who is provided Vwith onevof these convenient articles wishes to take a sn'1oke,7 it is only necessary for him to take the pouch from his pocket, holding it in the position represented in This may be attached more Fig. l, and draw out the valve by the wire or that the pipe can be loaded whenever desired ring 71When his pipe will be at once lled with'- Wtliout opening the pouch, or Without the out trouble. use of the ngers t0 load it, as is usually nec- What I claim as my invention,` and desire i essary. to secure by Letters Patent, is

, i T The arrangement and combination of the R' E' DIXON pipe-case A, valve g, and tobacco-pouch B, Vitnesses: substantially as described7 so as to keep the S. D. LAW, two entirely separate from each other, but so J. C. VILsON. 

